Brain Film Fest - Premio Solé Tura (11)

Festival start: 18 March 2021      Festival end: 21 March 2021

The Brain Film Fest (BFF) is an international film festival dedicated to highlighting and promoting the creation and dissemination of short films about all aspects of the brain, from its amazing abilities to its diseases. BFF is organized by the Uszheimer Foundation, Pasqual Maragall Foundation, and Minimal Films.

The Brain Film Fest is calling for entries for the Solé Tura Award, which includes three prizes as judged by a jury, one Micro-shorts award, and one voted by the public at the festival.

Brain Film Fest 2021 edition will be held on March 18 - 21, 2021

The Solé Tura Prize distinguishes three categories:

First Prize, endowed with a trophy of the festival and the amount of 1,500,00

Second Prize, endowed with a trophy of the festival and the amount of 1,000.00

Third Prize, endowed with a trophy of the festival and the amount of 500.00

In the XI edition of the Solé Tura Prize, two audience prizes are awarded:

Audience Award: Among all the works selected for the official section, between 2 and 20 minutes, the Audience Award, voted in person in the room, is awarded at the end of the screening. The Audience Award is awarded a Brain trophy
Film Fest.

Online Microcortos Award: Selected Microcuts will be published through the website https://brainfilmfest.com/es/micro-cortos-2021/ and can be voted on the same platform. The closing of the online vote will be at 12 noon on 16 March 2021. This prize is awarded with a trophy of the festival and the amount of 500,00 euros.

None of the prizes can be declared desert.

Amounts of financially staffed prizes are subject to current IRPF withholdings.

REGULATORY BASES

Brain Film Fest convenes:

Solé Tura Prize, with three awards given by a jury.
An award voted by the public in the room.
• A contest for online microcuts of maximum 2 minutes.

1. Registration fee.

The participation and registration of the short films to the Solé Tura Prize and the online microcortos of BFF is free.

2. Requirements to participate in the film competition SOL TURA AWARD:

The theme of short films should address any aspect of the brain, from its capabilities and various conditions, to its pathologies or the consequences of these in contemporary society.

The works must show creative quality, an innovative aspect, scientific rigor and/or argumental solidity. All kinds of film genres are accepted.

Due exceptionally to COVID-19's involvement with the film industry for several months of 2020, works made from January 1, 2019, will be accepted for consideration, with the exception of works that have been submitted to previous editions of the festival.

• The duration shall not exceed 20 minutes. The works submitted must be subtitled to Spanish, in case the original language is not Spanish or Catalan.

Participants shall declare that their submitted works are original and are not subject to contracts, assignments or licenses to third parties of copyright or intellectual property or other rights, except those of the author.

The creators of audiovisual works are responsible for having all the rights to the materials used in their works for exhibition in festivals, social networks and online.

• All jobs that exceed 6 minutes and are selected must send a trailer of up to two minutes.

3. Requirements to participate in the Online Microcortos contest.

The theme of microcuts should address any aspect of the brain, from its capabilities and various conditions, to its pathologies or the consequences of these in contemporary society.

The works must show creative quality, an innovative aspect, scientific rigor and/or argumental solidity. All kinds of film genres are accepted.

Due exceptionally to COVID-19's involvement with the film industry for several months of 2020, works made from January 1, 2019, will be accepted for consideration, with the exception of works that have been submitted to previous editions of the festival.

• The duration shall not exceed 2 minutes. The works submitted must be subtitled to Spanish, in case the original language is not Spanish.

Participants declare that their submitted works are original and are not subject to contracts, assignments or licenses to third parties of copyright or intellectual property or other rights, except those of the author.

The creators of audiovisual works are responsible for having all the rights to the materials used in their works for exhibition in festivals, social networks and online.

4. Dates of the call.

The call for short films contestants to the Solé Tura Prize opens on Friday, June 5, 2020. The deadline for receipt of the works will be Monday 30 November 2020, at 23:59.

The call for short films contestants to the Microcorto Award opens on Friday, June 5, 2020. The deadline for receipt of the works will be Monday, December 31, 2020, at 23:59

The organization of the festival will inform the filmmakers of the Microcortos, between 15 - 30 January 2021, what work were selected to begin the online voting process. In the case of the participants of the prize, Solé Tura 2021 Prize, their selection will be reported between January 15 and 30, 2021.


5. Jury of the SoléTura Prize.

At the close of the presentation of works, a selection committee will choose the finalist works.

The jury will be formed by both people from the scientific field and professionals of film production, convened by the organization of brain Film Fest.

The jury's decision will be final.

By contesting, participants waive any challenge or action against these terms and conditions. The jury resolution for the Solé Tura Prize and the results of the vote of the Audience Award and the Online Microcortos Prize, will be communicated publicly at the award ceremony during the Brain Film Fest 2021, which will take place on March 21, 2021, at the Center for Contemporary Culture in Barcelona (CCCB).

The award ceremony will be made in person or by delegation of the winner himself. In case of unjustified absence to the gala, and if the representation has not been delegated, the prize will not be awarded to the winner, passing the amount to the prize endowment of the following year.

This rule does not apply to the Public Prize, as it does not grant an endowment.

6. Programming and dissemination of short films at Brain Film Fest.

The programming of the short films selected to the Solé Tura Prize of the BFF 2021 does not distinguish sections, and will be screened during the days of the festival. BFF reserves the right to spend short films on an online platform during the days of the contest.

The selection of Microcortos is passed exclusively online and on the social networks of the Festival.

The acceptance of the prizes implies the transfer of the rights of dissemination of the work during the period of one year after the closing and involves the disclosure of the winning works. After this time, this assignment reverts to the person who inscribes the work. In the distribution, the producer must state that the work has been awarded the Solé Tura Prize.

BFF has laurels for directors and producers to incorporate into their communication.

Fragments and images of the selected short films may be used for BFF promotional materials and audiovisuals, with or without the original audio.

The shorts become part of the BFF database, although no dissemination activity will be carried out without the permission of the person who registers the work.

7. Contact.

For inquiries regarding the bases and the registration process: films@brainfilmfest.com

The personal data of those who register works on Brain Film Fest will only be used for direct contact with Brain Film Fest, Fundació Pasqual Maragall, Minimal Films, Uszheimer Foundation and will not be shared with third parties.